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. J. MYERS.

HORSESHOE. No. 350,441. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

v.lllllll Illllllllllll UNITED STATES I JOHN MYERS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PATENT OFFICE.

-HORSES'HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,4 dated October Application filed December 21, 1885. Serial No. 186,346.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MYERS, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is an under perspective view of a horseshoe having my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views of tee calks having slight differences in construction, but each having the essential feature of my improvement.

The purpose of theimprovement is the avoidance of the danger that arises to man and horse from the toecalk entering the channel in which runs the grip-arm of a cable railwaycar. This has been the cause of many and serious accidents. The toe-calk, when of the ordinary construction, is liable to enter this grip-slot or channel when a horse is crossing the same and as the horse lifts the heel of the hoof first the toe-calk turns in the channel and becomes tightly clamped therein, so that the horse is unable to extricate it. The consequence is that the horse is thrown and very serious accident results, both to the horse and his driver or rider. Hoofs have been torn from the leg and legs fractured from this cause.

I am aware that it has been proposed to place the toe-calk proper near the rear edge of the bar of which the shoe is formed, (instead of near the front edge,as is usual,) and to place near said front edge (in the place usually occupied by the ealk proper) a supplemental call; of less height than the said call: proper, a space being left between the two. This is, however, not the equivalent of my invention, which consists in certain features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

A represents a shoe, which in the main has any ordinary or preferred construction.

B B are the heel-calks.

The toe-call; has a usual bar or part, 0, transverse to the shoe, and a forward extension or fulcrum, O, which may be in U form or form of a horseshoe, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, or may be made solid, as seen in Fig. 5. This lateral enlargement or extension 0,

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in order to be of the desired service, should be equal or nearly equal in height to the calk proper-that is to say, their surfaces should be flush,for nearly so,:in order to prevent the said calks entering the grip-slot. It is also desirable that the said enlargement should be much less in width than the length of the calk,

in order that the weight of the shoe may not be materially increased, if at all. The part 0 is usually made narrow to give the horse a better hold on the ground and prevent slipping, and this, of course, renders it liable to enter the grip-channel, as before explained. Now, it will be seen that when the horse has a toecalk of the improved construction that immediately the heel of the hoof begins to rise the weight of the hoof comes on the projection O and all the rest of the shoe moves upward from theground. It will also be seen that the projection G will prevent the toe-call; from entering the grip channel to any dangerous depth, as it will come in contact with the iron rail formingjthe side of the channel.

In Figs. 1, 4, and 5 the under side of the projection C is somewhat elevated above the bottom of the part 0. In Figs. 2 and 3 the main part 0 and projection O are flush at the under side. In Fig. at the part 0 is sharpene or brought to an edge, 0.

In Figs. 1, 3, and 4 the part 0 or calk proper is shown formed of two parts placed end to end with an intervening space, their adjacent ends being joined by or merged into the U-shaped projection C. It is not necessary that the two parts of the call; 0 and the projection 0 should be formed of separate pieces of metal and united, it being far preferable to form all integrally. I do not, however, desire to limit myself to either mode of construction, for the reason that the-result is the same by whatever process the ealk may be formed. In Fig. 5 the projection G is shown solid, and the part 0 has not a separation at the middle, as shown in the other figures. The form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and4 has the advantage of lightness.

D is a steady-pin, by which the ealk is attached to the heated shoe preparatory to welding it fast. N o novelty is claimed in this pin or stud, as it is in common use upon toe-calks.

Having fully described myinvention, whatI claim is- 1. The combination, with a horseshoe, of a call: formed in two parts with an intervening space and a lateral projection joining the adjacent ends of said parts, substantially as set 5 forth.

2. lhe combination, with a horseshoe, of a call; having a lateral enlargement or projection from one side thereof, said enlargement being of a width less than the length of the 0 call; proper, and the wearingsnrfaces of said calk and enlargement being flush or nearly so, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

3. lhe combinatiomwith the horseshoe A, of the call; 0, having on the front side thereof a lateral enlargement or projection, the under 15 sn rfaces of said ealk and projection being flush, snbstantiall y as and for the purposes set :l'orth.

4. The combination, with thehorseshoe A, of the call: 0, formed in two parts placed end to end with an intervening space and the lateral 2o projection O, of U shape, joining the adjacent ends of said parts 0, as and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN MYERS.

In presence of-- SAML. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT. 

